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How does Exercise affect the pulse rate
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Nazneen Rajabali How does Exercise affect the pulse rate? What is the pulse? The pulse is felt by the beating of the heart or blood vessel. The pulse is specially felt when a finger is put on top of an artery. In an artery, the pulse is felt when the artery expands and contracts. The walls of the artery are made up of elastic walls. The contracting of the heart muscles forces blood into your arteries and because the walls of the arteries are elastic they can take this pressure. They expand and contract as the blood is pushed through and this is what is felt as your pulse. To feel your pulse you need to find a main artery in your body. The most common place to find a pulse is on your wrist or the side of your neck. The resting pulse of an average human is 70 beats per minute....
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